Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-04-01
snere VIII be futtering of wings over your
neao, angel crying to angel: "Behold, they

There will Be fluttering of wings over you
pray" -0N' 49,
But this does not include all your family
Drlng the children too. God bless the eleal
chliorenl What would our homes be withou,
onems we may have done much for them
lucy nave done more for us. What a salve
lor wounded heart there is in the soft palm
VI a cnild's handl Did harp or flute ever
nase sucn music as there is in a chiId's agood
nsnT' FROM our coarse, rough life the
"nseis VI uod are often driven back; but who
comes lhto the nursery without feeling that
| aheels are towering arounds They who die
I IN INFANCY go into glory, but you are expect
Jug your children to grow up in this world.
- 10 hoC question then that rings THROUGH
al 1ne corridors, and windings, and heigt IS
ana oepths OF your soul, what is to become
your sons and daughters for time and Il
eIefnlCy. Uni" you say, II mean to see thai
they have good Manners Very well q
mean to dress them well, if Ibaye myself IA
go shabby" Very good II shall give thesyS
an education and 1 shall leave them a foS
tune" Very well. But is that ALA Don,
you mean to take them into the ark2 Don't
you know that the storm is coming, and thait
out OF Christ there is no safety, no pardon.
no hope, no heavens
How to get them ina Go in yourself, Ii
Noah had staid out, do you not suppose that
his sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet, would
have staid out? Your sons and daughter
Will be apt to- do just as you do. Reject
Chrlst yourself, and the probability is that
your children will reject him.
An account was taken of the religious con
dluon OF families in a certain district In til
families Of pious parents two-thirds of the
children were Christians. In the families
where the parents were ungodly, only one
twelfth of the children were Christians Re-
sponsible as you are for their temporal exis-i
tence, you are also responsible for their eter-,
nifty. Which way will you take theme Out
into the deluge, or into the ark? Have you
ever made one earnest prayer for their inn
mortal soulss What will you say in the
judgment, when God asks: ."lN here is George
or Henry, or FrasTK.o.' Mary, or AnpA
Where are those precioa rs yh.sssgssss
ests committed into your has,4, 9. z. 80
Adying son said to his fatners
you gave me an education, and good d aGi
ners, and everything that the world could do
for me; but, father, you never told me how
to die, and now my soul is going out in the
darkness"
w nonie anu erecC a family altar. You
may ofeaA uown III your prayer. But never
1iiihu' wv " IL .s'he "naD you mean, Whe1heI E
you cypress , ~ lh1elllgloiy or NOT, BRING az
your house ilIo tne ARK IS ghere one ss,4s
t WHOM you nave gwen ups IS gsso a}ss.ls.sss
.nsis you nase s1oppeq coahst'iia.s - I'm,
ing Eve nm 'l3i now care you siy Wb Mist
! :. glo 200 ever give shse aps go, - a
o1ou ,ss' q Sllle s af.ie'iiaa =
.eass ii9O W Pray noi sne leeurn 9 ssas pfas
isa. ne 4lay 9Ien now ue stahkling on me
oeaon a1 luns Nuns VI Mauras e. meelDaslne
aleUuin w us iaOnei nouse. give MN aIs
, l,e.e. sise nnn ~. mas Iou PROMISED
I nea1 NY pi"se' oi'iy ~ niocA 'hees II Is ms
700 iase
.mN sul >; nonuon' Inere = q whispering WI [ss
saheiS. "a rUioe uO'ei Gu iios1 ieeply at one
sue VI 0ne ganeiy ~ nealu uisolnctly al tne
opposiee sue eieaD uiSls'nce OH. 90 every
wol 1, VI eaihesU prayer goes all around the
esai.n aiiu hihes heaven a whispering gallery:
w il'o tne ark-no' 70 slo uown' Dug 10 stand
III 'lle 200, anu can uh1il an ene FAMILY come
M. Agea Noan, Mnere Is oapnet! pavla,
mneie - AoSs'iohi: aannah, where IS samueis
brlhg IheIn III tnrough Cnr1sG, the door.
Wouio IL noS De pleasant TO spend eternity